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AMOCO PIPELINE v. MINN. VAL. LANDSCAPING

No. CX-90-2050.

481 N.W.2d 557 (1992)

AMOCO PIPELINE COMPANY, a Maine Corporation, Respondent, v. MINNESOTA VALLEY LANDSCAPING, INC., Appellant, v. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN MINNEAPOLIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin P. Keenan, Gregory W. Deckert, Bassford, Heckt, Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs, P.A., Minneapolis, for Minnesota Valley Landscaping, Inc.

Richard P. Mahoney, Victor E. Lund, Mahoney, Dougherty & Mahoney, Minneapolis, for Young Men's Christian Association.

Daniel A. Haws, Michael S. Ryan, Murnane, Conlin, White, Brandt & Hoffman, St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

KEITH, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case is whether Minn. Stat. § 1161.07, subd. 1 shields the appellants from liability for damages caused when employees of Minnesota Valley Landscaping, Inc., while excavating trees on property owned by the Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota, ruptured a pipeline owned by Amoco Pipeline Company. We hold that the statute does not provide such protection in this case and affirm the court of appeals...

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